Eh.. correct me if I am wrong, but I can't modify a file name on a Mac either when it is in use... That has nothing to do with a crappy OS but with file integrity. It would be a crappy OS if it allowed you to mess up the file system.
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Eh.. correct me if I am wrong, but I can't modify a file name on a Mac either when it is in use... That has nothing to do with a crappy OS but with file integrity. It would be a crappy OS if it allowed you to mess up the file system.
Yea alot of people like inferior products that's how apple is still a profitable company, because of all the consumers like you
I do this all the time on my iWork files. Avoids the proliferation of misnamed/poorly named files and the “save as” mess. Frustrates me I can’t do this in Word but then I hate Word and try to avoid it.
I love consumers like you .... Acting like osx is the god of software news flash it's not. Microsoft caught up.. I know it's hard to swallow but acceptance is the first step.
Oops. That explains it. I haven't been paying any attention to their products. Sorry...
I do it all the time on Windows too with my MS Word files, without problems. MacOs and Windows only give those messages when you are copying or moving a file. That's my point. Mac and Windows react exactly the same in that respect.
Hey Einstein, when did I mention OSX or macOS?
Microsoft caught up? Caught up to what? Do you even know what I was referring to?
Meh.
I had no idea they had that product. I don't pay any attention to their junque....
Huh? You don't pay attention to their products but you still have a strong opinion about those products? Illuminating.
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Well, at least Windows is capable of running the business.. whereas MacOS isn't.
Literally found this out just a few weeks ago... In MacOS if you click and hold the green maximize circle on a window you can drag it to either half of the screen. Essentially exactly like the snap feature in Windows (only half screen, no quarters). Have fun!
Okay, simmer down people.
Given that Apple stole from Xerox PARC, and Microsoft stole from Apple, and PARC, WHO CARES! I'd still rather use macOS, than Windows 10.
And Microsoft 'caught up'? You must have never used a version of Windows prior to 10. There are scads of menus and utilities that reek of Windows 2000, and later. The 'face' has changed, but a surprising amount of the 'guts' hasn't. But whatever...
*sigh*
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How so? I've been in IT since before you were born, I'd wager. I can also read, and when I see that the Surface has an abysmal reliability rating, I don't hold out much hope for their other Surface products. I also don't need to drink *all* American mass produced beers, but am acquainted with enough of them to know that I'd really rather quaff something else, when given the choice...
Windows is a core product for Microsoft: they live and die by it. They devote massive engineering effort to getting it right. Their hybrid tablet and laptop functionality is generations ahead of Apple's Touchbar. Their keyboards are exquisite.
Meanwhile Apple's core product is IOS. OSX is legacy software: there is no longer an OSX specific dev team at Apple:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/21/14037686/apple-macbook-macos-focus-mobile-features-ios
Many of the new Macbook features are designed to push users towards ipad-alike machines (ultra low travel keys, no legacy ports, no expandability). It's clear Apple's heart is elsewhere.
I write this on a 2016 Macbook pro, so I'm still using their machines. But I'm a specific case (heavy user of the command line). Once Windows develops its Linux subsystem a bit further, I'll consider switching.
Meanwhile Apple's core product is IOS. OSX is legacy software: there is no longer an OSX specific dev team at Apple:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/21/14037686/apple-macbook-macos-focus-mobile-features-ios
Many of the new Macbook features are designed to push users towards ipad-alike machines (ultra low travel keys, no legacy ports, no expandability). It's clear Apple's heart is elsewhere.
I write this on a 2016 Macbook pro, so I'm still using their machines. But I'm a specific case (heavy user of the command line). Once Windows develops its Linux subsystem a bit further, I'll consider switching.
I run windows 10 on my gaming machines (well, 10.1). It's still a piece of junk. It has stabilized some, which is a definite improvement, but adjusting different types of system settings still requires you to do it one of three entirely different places, and sometimes searching for the setting you want still doesn't find what you need. The whole thing is a mess, the UI is very inconsistently applied, etc.
If I didn't play games regularly, I wouldn't bother running windows on anything.
Again, to have such a strong opinion you have to inform yourself better. And never assume things like "being in the IT business longer than someone else". You have no way of knowing and it is quite personal/arrogant and has nothing to do with the subject. You simply stated a wrong fact (in a previous post) which I pointed out. No excuse like "I don't pay any attention to their junque....". You know what you are talking about or not and you are factual correct or not. It is as simple as that.
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Yeah, technically it has become a solid and fast and stable system. Too bad they now ruin it with integrated Spy- and Adware and take away the control from the user. The unbelievable bandwidth consumption of that OS even when it says it is not downloading updates is another thing that totally kills any chance for a positive experience.
From a pure technical perspective, Windows 10 most certainly mops the floor with macOS or even desktop Linux. But with all the stuff that's in it that nobody asked for and that cannot be turned off or removed or even in a basic way controlled, it just feels... dirty. To the point that you want to take a shower after having used it for a few minutes.
An OS with the label "Professional" in its name that downloads and installs games with ads and in-app-purchases from the Internet WITHOUT asking its user for permission is just not acceptable.
What a surprise. Nearly all comments are variations on “lol windows”.
I'm sorry Microsoft, but showing an older MacBook in your hero shot as a comparison smacks of intentional deceptive conduct.
I guess the iPhone 8/X commercials aren't any better. They show the spotlight effect working in motion/video. It only works in photo mode in reality though. Or when they boast about "creating x,y,z", when they purchase this sensor, display, tech, etc. Even their videos of Mac vs PC were extremely misleading back in the day.
It can be twice as fast but it has twice as much spyware telemetry attached to it. No thank you. Apple lets me opt out.
I see your point, but one thing to note is that, if I recall correctly, when he came back Apple products weren’t selling well at all and the company was near bankruptcy. Today the products are selling very well to say the least.
So while I agree that a little more focus in the product line might be good, this is a very different situation than back then.
The 13" Surface book 2 has a quad core processor with 1050 graphics vs the 13 tbmbp having dual core and integrated graphics.
Sounds awesome. But it runs Windows...
[Actually, Windows isn't half too bad these days]
You're right. It's twice as bad.